6The Daity Tar HeelThursday, February 26,1981
Jsm Hummel, i-Ju
Susan Mauney. Mmuh Uiw
MARK MURRELL. AsMute Editor
Jonathan Rjch. a-uh- Editor
Edwina Ralston, ummiiy Editor
John Royster. cuy Editor
CHARLES HlRNDON. Surf and National Editor
Beth-Burrell. N.-M-J j.w
Clifton Barnes. Spom Editor
Tom Moore, Am Editor
DONNA WHITAKER, Features Editor
SCOTT SHARPE, Photography Editor
ANN PETERS, Weekender Editor
NORMAN CANNADA. Ombudsman
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By JOHN DRESCHER
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89th year of editorial freedom
A matter of priorities
If budget cuts are in vogue this year, Gov. Jim Hunt and the N.C.
General Assembly seem to be fitting right in with the times much to
the dismay of University officials who are working hard to fight funding
cuts and increasing pressure to raise tuition rates.
Last week chancellors for the 16-campus UNC system made their cus
tomary trek to Raleigh in hopes of convincing legislators that many of the
proposed cuts would severely hurt their universities. Hunt has requested
that 191 positions be eliminated throughout the UNC system, including
47 spots at UNC-Chapel Hill. The Base Budget Committee on Higher
Education has also recommended that an additional 23 jobs be axed, a
move that would leave the University in tough shape next biennium.
Obviously the legislators are in a difficult position and will have to set
some priorities if they hope to maintain the quality of higher education
that North Carolina has had for so many years. If the General Assembly
appropriates according to its present plans, the University will receive
approximately $380,000 less than it has requested for the next fiscal
year and nearly $850,000 less for 1982-1983. At UNC-CH, officials
have proposed a budget for 1981-1982 of approximately $163 million,
$136 million of which is covered by state appropriation the rest is
picked up from other sources, primarily tuition and fees.
The figures, at times, become confusing, but after the numbers settle
into place one thing is clear: the legislature will have to appropriate
more money or tuition will have to be raised if the University hopes to
maintain its academic integrity. It's as simple as that.
What is not so simple is what alternative to take. UNC President
William C. Friday consistently has opposed tuition increases and suc
cessfully fought an attempt two years ago to raise in-state tuition 10
percent and out-of-state tuition 25 percent. This year, however, he is
in for a tougher battle, with legislators likely to point out that there
has not been a tuition increase since 1977.
North Carolina residents now pay $364 a year for tuition and out-of-state
students pay $2,074 annually. North Carolina has the lowest in-state
tuition rate of any state university in the Southeast and one of the lowest
in the nation. The state has made a commitment to provide quality higher
education at the lowest possible price and Friday has worked hard to
keep the costs down since he took over as president in the 1950s.
Ultimately, though, the decision lies with the General Assembly and
priorities will have to be set before the axe begins to fall. There is no
doubt that the economy has taken a toll on the budget keeping up
with inflation will be hard enough, let alone appropriating money for
new programs. Compared to other schools, the price of an education
in North Carolina looks very attractive. A recent study predicted that
it would cost close to $10,000 a year to attend an Ivy League school
and an average of $3,000 to $4,000 annually at most state universities.
However, even if the General Assembly decides to raise tuition, the leg
islators should not consider the move a cure-all for the University's budget
problems. Tuition and fees only cover approximately 20 percent of the
overall operating budget. The key to maintaining the University's stan
dard of excellence lies with the money coming from appropriations. For
this reason the General Assembly should evaluate its priorities and think
twice before asking the University to make cuts that could affect it for years.
History wiii say that in February 1931, a relatively ob
scure political science major from High Point ran for
student body president and won 5.7 percent of the vote.
It will say he was like any other candidate. He cam
paigned hard, developed a platform and spoke at forums.
It will say he was like the dozens of other minor candi
dates who never had a chance to win. Eventually, his
name will disappear into stacks of old Daily Tar Heels,
just another losing candidate, no different from the others.
How wrong history will be.
Tim Smith is different. He is blind. But more impor
tantly, Tim Smith addressed the issues, stood his ground
and then kept going even when he realized he didn't
have a chance to win.
In the beginning he thought he could win. "I was
hoping I'd beat one of the major candidates and get into a
runoff," he said. "I thought I'd have a good chance
from there. But something broke down. I didn't get my
point across in the beginning and some people kind of
thought I was a joke candidate."
Smith tried to stress the issues when anyone would
listen to him. He felt the proposed student fee increase
was the most important issue in the campaign, and he
took a definite stand against an increase. "Neither (Joe)
Buckner nor (Scott) Norberg would speak out against it
(the fee increase)," he said. "I tried to get some atten
tion by stressing this issue."
Smith compared his campaign with that of 1 980 pres
idential candidate John Anderson. For the same reasons
that Anderson did well on college campuses, Smith
thought he, too, would do well. "I thought college stu
dents would like someone who took a stand instead of
being wishy-washy like the others sometimes were."
Smith felt Buckner and Norberg often were indecisive
and non-committal because they feared they had something
to lose. -
"I think they were playing middk-of-the-road because
they knew I had to attack. I knew I had to be, as I said,
radical. A lot of people called my platform idealistic. I
had to be radical to get people's attention "
Despite his platform, Smith couldn't convince enough
students that he was a legitimate candidate.
Yet, Smith, a junior, holds no grudges. He enjoyed
the campaign, and said it fulfilled a desire to run for
student body president that he had acquired before he
came to UNC.
There were other factors that cost him votes. His
campaign poster, picturing him with a, dog, cost him
votes, he said, and, yes, his blindness may have hurt
him, too.
"It affected my campaigning," he said. "I think it
hurt me some. I certainlyhope it didn't swing any votes
for me.
"I think some people went to the polls not knowing
. who they were going to vote for. In their final decision
they may have voted the other way just because of the
psychological effects involved."
Smith's blindness was rarely brought up in the cam
paign not by himself, the other candidates or by the
DTH.
"It surprised me, but that's the way I wanted it. I
thought people would make a big issue out of it, and
maybe ask if I was really competent. I thought that a
lot more would ask me those kind of questions than
actually did. I just thought of myself as another candi
date." Another political candidate, yes, but Smith refused
to participate in the ugly side of politics. He was sur
prised at the amount of dirty politics that went on,
none of which, he said, affected his campaign.
"I don't think it was Buckner or Norberg. They
couldn't control their staffs. I don't blame either one
of them. It just really got out of hand."
Still, Smith retains an interest in campus politics. He
said he'd do it all over again if he could arid he just '
might. He is thinking about staying an extra year to run
for president again.
"I'm in no hurry to get out. I'm really thinking about
running again next year. I think I'd have the advantage.
I think students would see it as positive that I was inter
ested in the campus enough to run again.
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Tim Smith
"I've already started making up my campaign mater
ials for next year. This campaign was more of a learning
experience.".
It was also a learning experience for those who watched
Tim Smith be dismissed as a joke candidate, but then
stick to his platform and stress the issues to the end.
Smith taught those who followed the election something
about determination, courage and pride.
And maybe just maybe he taught history a lesson
about candidates that it won't soon forget.
John Drescher, a Junior journalism major from Raleigh,
is an editorial miter for The Daily Tar Heel.
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To the editor:
During the past few weeks there have
been an increasing number of false calls
at the Rape and Assault Prevention Es
cort service. A few young ladies find it
amusing to call for an escort without
' showing up at the specified area. Lately,
there also have been women who call the
office and then cancel after the escort
arrives.
Incidents of this nature hinder the ef
ficiency of the RAPE services because
they discourage the escorts.
I just want the women of UNC to rea
lize that RAPE escorts work voluntarily.
These men take time out of their busy
schedules to make women feel safe when
walking alone late at night.
Contrary to popular belief, these es
corts are not paid. ;
All in all, the service has been working
well, but I want the women of UNC to
realize that the RAPE service is conducted
by the men of Olde Campus as a favor to
Carolina women and should not be
abused. '
Frederick Mitchell
Telephone Operator
Olde Campus RAPE
Appeals mix-up
To the editor:
This is to clarify a statement made in
the editorial "Time to Change" (DTH,
Feb. 24). With regard to the elections for
senior class officers, it was stated that I
have appealed the election's certification
to the Student Supreme Court. In fact, I
have officially withdrawn from the appeal
proceedings.
I decided to withdraw because of the
enormous opportunity costs that would
be incurred in the long legal pursuit of a
re-election. For me, it seems far more im
portant and efficient to spend this time
seeking other ways to implement the pro
grams set forth in our campaign
platform.
Those candidates who are appealing
have every right to demand a properly
executed election. However, my personal
belief is that the students' needs can be
served most effectively through other
means.
Debbie Mixon
2229 Granville South
Energy symposium
To the editor:
The Carolina Union's 1931 Symposium
on Energy was designed to give students
a heightened awareness of the energy
concerns of the 1980s. With regard to
Daniel J. Strom's concerns about Dr.
Caldicott's February 16 presentation
(DTH, Feb. 18), the Union must assert
that the symposium as a whole was not
anti-nuke"; moreover, it did not focus
specifically on the nuclear question.
Caldicott's lecture was one of nine
programs that dealt with topics from solar
energy to ecopoHtks to conservation during
the week-long symposium. While there
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was ho program that dealt with the posi
tive effects of radiation, two programs
examined nuclear energy in a positive
light, one of which included a represen
tative from Carolina Power and Light.
While the Carolina Union pleads no
contest to the fact that Dr. Caldicott
espouses an extremely negative view of
the effects of low level radiation, we do
not find her qualifications lacking and
the Union did consult qualified persons
in the field of radiology regarding her
. merits as a speaker.
Caldicott was president of Physicians
for Social Responsibility from 1978 to
1980. She has received such awards as
the Margaret Meade Award from the En
vironmental Defense Center, the Humanist
of the Year from the Ethical Society of
Boston and the Thomas Merton Award
for Peace.
She has received fellowships from Har
vard University Medical School and the
American Board of Pediatrics. With re
gard to her views on the effects of radia
tion, Caldicott has done interviews with
and received coverage from the American
Medical Association Journal, The New
York Times, the Boston Globe, and
Science, New Age, Omni, Ms., and Red
book magazines, to name a few.
Sponsorship of a program does not im
ply Union support for views exhorted.
It is the policy of the Carolina Union to
present speakers on controversial issues
of public importance. While we feel that
this symposium was balanced, our neutral
positions should be evaluated m terms of
our overall programming throughout the
year. .
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in mind for a presentation during the
1982 Symposium on Energy.
Jennifer Weiss
1980-81 President
Carolina Union
Allenstlon explained
To the editor:
In light of the recent article "Anti
Semitism," (DTH, Feb. 6), we would
like to state our views on this matter. We
believe the statements attributed to one
of our brothers do not truly represent
the feelings of the majority of our brother
hood. We feel Jewi have been forced to stick
together because of repeated persecution
throughout history, such as Hitler's at
tempted extermination that resulted in the
killing of six million of our faith.
Our Jewish brothers do not "self
alienate" themselves. Any alienation that
occurs is caused by outside anti-Semitic
behavior. While we obviously strive to
remain predominantly Jewish, we do not
discriminate or disassociate with persons
on the basis of their religion or race, un
like some other fraternities. Many of our
brothers are not Jewish, but are given
the same respect and privileges as Jewish
brothers.
We regret any misunderstanding that
may have occurred.
David A. Block
Gary M. Marx
Brothers of Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity
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To the editor:
On the from pae cf The Daily Tarilvd
on Wednesday, Feb. 1 8, there is a picture
of the brothers cf Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity Ukir.g Jimmy thek homage. Fun
and tame. But what scares me U the man
pointing a rifie at Jimmy Black. I don't
care if it U unloaded, without a bolt in it,
cr whatever excuse he may have for hit
action, it is totally offensive to me.
Tiling hostages sud using weapons
cn campus doc.n't tay much for APA's
originally in railing donations for the
Burn Center, I hope they can ie a dif
ferent 2pprc-:h next tLr.e.
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campus, a focal point of knowledge, the
human race could act civilized. One look
at this university and that theory goes
down the drain. It seems universities and
social units within universities (i.e., resi
dence halls, fraternities, etc.) contest each
other to see who can most totally and
creatively defy the laws of human decency
and civility.
College students, notable egomaniacs
when compared to other population
groups, seem to think that whenever they
are in a partying mood everyone else fa
also. So they entertain each other with
deafening music, generous imbibement,
drunken primal screams, copious barfing
any-and-evcrywhere, wanton destruction
of property and even violent physical
abuse toward each other.
I do not mean to generalize these de
scriptions to everyone, for I know I am
not the only one offended and annoyed
by such heathen behavior. But outsiders
do make such generalizations about this
university, and though some people take
pride in nicknames like "Sot Hill," ! feci
we should take a hard took at the Im
mature "values" in which we take pride.
Tyre Thompson
1409 Granville West
Tho futuro
To the editor:
The Hanes Hall Placement Center
offers a helpful series on resume-writing,
pinpointing career interests and practice
interviewing so 1 am told, but 1 have not
had the time to utilize it. And even though
it is repeatedly advert hed both about
campus and in the DTH, a sicable per
centage of people, f ouU be billing to
bet. do not know of its exigence.
It Is clear to me thai something more
in this line is needed if so many people
arc not bdnj reached. Maybe the Uni
versity should offer a comprehensive
course, perhaps through the BuUrun
School, that woufi count as an elective
and cou!J be nlxn tot credit on the
above-m?nnoneJ proMrnn.
This woulJ provide the nrcoury tune
framework in which to get bmy orfjob
huntms that many Uck and a!ui givestu
tkr.li the bcip arj aJULe they trUy nred.
It is cot to unreavonibte an U:a, and I
belies e it would terse a ksltimate need
of the student bvdy,
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